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Public policy, submissions, and responses

The CMPA monitors emerging issues that impact physicians and provides a medical liability perspective to support development of good public policies.

Medical liability

  • White paper—Integrating virtual care in practice: Medico-legal considerations for safe medical care (August 2022)
  • Urgent Need for Critical Care Triage Protocol [PDF] (May 2021)
  • Providing medico-legal support for physicians in relation to the Critical Care Triage Protocol (April 2021)
  • Prescribing for non-residents: Know your risks (March 2023)
  • Joint statement on liability protection for physicians and employed professionals of B.C. health care agencies covered under HCPP in collaborative care models [PDF] (May 2019)
  • CMPA/CNPS joint statement on liability protection for nurse practitioners and physicians in collaborative practice [PDF] (June 2017)

Physician wellness

  • Joint statement of the CMPA, CPSO, and the Physician Health Program of the OMA on the distress and suicide recognition and response project (January 2021)

Technology and privacy

  • CMPA Member Advice: Nova Scotia, Privacy and Confidentiality Obligations (January 2017)
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PO Box 8225 Station T
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Within Canada: 1-800-267-6522
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